The Sound of Magic

A truly incredible new story of the Rodgers and Hammerstein universe, based on their beloved musical tales like "The Sound of Music", "The King and I", "Oklahoma!" and "South Pacific".

David Stakowski is a shy, dashing and brave young boy, sent by Mother Abbess from Nonnberg Abbey to the magnificent Von Trapp mansion where he meets the gang of iconic Rodgers and Hammerstein characters: Captain Georg and Maria Von Trapp; kind-hearted English schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens; the handsome Sheriff Curly McLain and his beautiful wife Laurey; new fun-loving character, Francesco the Cat; Anna's grown-up son, Captain Louis Leonowens; King Chulalongkorn of Siam; and seven brave Von Trapp children, led by the 16-year-old beauty, Liesl. To survive, David must share an unlikely friendship with Liesl, open the magic door to enter these magical worlds like: Mullin's Carousel, Siam and wondrous island of Bali Hai, defeat the threat of the evil dragon Draco Khan in the part of the island and save the universe.

Rodgers and Hammerstein characters assemble!

  • Bill Condon
    Director
    Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Fifth Estate, Beauty and the Beast, The Good Liar
  • Bill Condon
    Writer
    Chicago, Dreamgirls, The Greatest Showman
  • Julian Fellowes
    Writer
    Donwton Abbey, Gosford Park, The Young Victoria
  • Michael Green
    Writer
    Murder on the Orient Express, The Call of the Wild, Death on the Nile
  • David Spence
    Producer
  • Peter Chernin
    Producer
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Spy, Hidden Figures, The Greatest Showman, Ford vs. Ferrari
  • David Heyman
    Producer
    Harry Potter film series, Fantastic Beasts film series, Gravity, Paddington, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Secret Garden
  • David Barron
    Producer
    Hamlet, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Parts 1& 2, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Cinderella, The Legend of Tarzan, Breathe
  • Brad Pitt
    Executive Producers
    The Time Traveler's Wife, Eat Pray Love, Fury, Selma, Moonlight, The Lost City of Z
  • Dede Gardner
    Executive Producers
    Nightingale, Monsters of God
  • Jeremy Kleiner
    Executive Producers
    Kick-Ass, Eat Pray Love, Nightingale
  • Callum McDougall
    Executive Producers
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, Mary Poppins Returns
  • Jonathan King
    Executive Producers
    Finding Forrester, The Beaver, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Lincoln, The Fifth Estate, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Spotlight, Bridge of Spies, Deepwater Horizon, Roma, Green Book
  • David Spence
    Key Cast
    "David Stakowski"
  • Scarlett Johansson
    Key Cast
    "Maria Von Trapp"
    The Horse Whisperer, Lost in Translation, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Lucy, The Jungle Book, Captain America: Civil War, Sing, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, Black Widow
  • Chris Pratt
    Key Cast
    "Sheriff Curly McLain"
    The Lego Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World, Passengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Onward, The Tomorrow War
  • Kate Winslet
    Key Cast
    "Anna Leonowens"
    Heavenly Creatures, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Titanic, Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Flushed Away, The Holiday, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Divergent, Insurgent, Steve Jobs, The Mountain Between Us, Ammonite, Avatar 2
  • Emma Watson
    Key Cast
    "Liesl Von Trapp"
    Harry Potter film series, My Week with Marilyn, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Noah, Beauty and the Beast, Little Women
  • Simon Pegg
    Key Cast
    "Francesco the Cat"
    Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ready Player One, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
  • Michael Fassbender
    Key Cast
    "Captain Georg Von Trapp"
    Inglourious Bastards, Jane Eyre, X-Men: First Class, 12 Years a Slave, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Steve Jobs, The Light Between Oceans, Dark Phoenix
  • Alec Baldwin
    Key Cast
    "Max Detweiler"
    Beetlejuice, The Hunt for Red October, Mercury Rising, Pearl Harbor, The Aviator, Elizabethtown, The Departed, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, It's Complicated, Rock of Ages, Rise of the Guardians, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Blue Jasmine, The Boss Baby, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
  • Margot Robbie
    Key Cast
    "Laurey McLain"
    The Wolf of Wall Street, The Legend of Tarzan, I Tonya, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Mary Queen of Scots, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Bombshell, Birds of Prey, The Suicide Squad
  • Meryl Streep
    Key Cast
    "Mother Abbess"
    Kramer vs Kramer, Out of Africa, Sophie's Choice, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Ant Bully, The Devil Wears Prada, Mamma Mia!, Fantastic Mr. Fox, It's Complicated, Into The Woods, Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again, Mary Poppins Returns, Little Women
  • Ben Mendelsohn
    Key Cast
    "Draco Khan"
    The Dark Knight Rises, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Darkest Hour, Ready Player One, Captain Marvel, Spies in Disguise, Cyrano
  • Joe Alwyn
    Key Cast
    "Rolfe"
    Billy Llynn's Long Halftime Walk, The Favourite, Mary Queen of Scots, A Christmas Carol
  • Noah Jupe
    Key Cast
    "Friedrich Von Trapp"
    Wonder, A Quiet Place, Ford vs Ferrari, Honey Boy, The Undoing
  • Sadie Sink
    Key Cast
    "Louisa Von Trapp"
    Stranger Things, Chuck
  • Jacob Tremblay
    Key Cast
    "Kurt Von Trapp"
    The Smurfs 2, The Book of Henry, Wonder, Good Boys, Doctor Sleep, The Little Mermaid
  • McKenna Grace
    Key Cast
    "Brigitta Von Trapp"
    Independence Day: Resurgence, Gifted, I Tonya, Captain Marvel, Troop Zero, Scoob!, Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  • Lily Aspell
    Key Cast
    "Marta Von Trapp"
    Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984
  • Finley Rose Slater
    Key Cast
    "Gretl Von Trapp"
    Playing with Fire
  • Hugh Laurie
    Key Cast
    "Franz"
    A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Sense and Sensibility, The Man in the Iron Mask, 101 Dalmatians, Stuart Little, Monsters vs Aliens, Arthur Christmas, Tomorrowland, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Avenue 5
  • Imelda Staunton
    Key Cast
    "Frau Schmidt"
    Sense and Sensibility, Shakespeare in Love, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Taking Woodstock, Alice in Wonderland, Arthur Christmas, Maleficent, Paddington, Downton Abbey
  • Sam Claflin
    Key Cast
    "Captain Louis Leonowens"
    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Me Before You, My Cousin Rachel, Enola Holmes
  • Henry Golding
    Key Cast
    "King Chulalongkorn"
    Crazy Rich Asians, A Simple Favor, Last Christmas, The Gentlemen, Snake Eyes
  • Jing Tian
    Key Cast
    "Queen Tjakhi"
    The Great Wall, Kong: Skull Island, Pacific Rim: Uprising
  • Sandra Oh
    Key Cast
    "Lady Thiang"
    Bean, The Princess Diaries, Under the Tuscan Sun, Sideways, Killing Eve
  • Tzi Ma
    Key Cast
    "Kralahome"
    RoboCop 2, Dante's Peak, Rush Hour, Fringe, Veep, Once Upon a Time, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrival, The Farewell, Mulan
  • Sophie McShera
    Key Cast
    "Angelique"
    Cinderella, Downton Abbey, The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Queen's Gambit
  • Kelly Macdonald
    Key Cast
    "Natasha"
    Transpotting, Elizabeth, Gosford Park, Finding Neverland, Nanny McPhee, No Country For Old Men, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Brave, Anna Karenina, Goodbye Christopher Robin
  • Rupert Everett
    Key Cast
    "Sir Edward Ramsay"
    The Madness of King George, My Best Friend's Wedding, Inspector Gadget, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, Shrek 2, Shrek The Third, Stardust, A Royal Night Out, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  • Kevin Costner
    Key Cast
    "Colonel Emile de Beque"
    Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, JFK, The Bodyguard, Waterworld, The Postman, Man of Steel, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Hidden Figures
  • Marley Shelton
    Key Cast
    "Nurse Nellie Forbush"
    Never Been Kissed, Valentine, Uptown Girls, Sin City, Scream 4, Rampage
  • Lori Pelenise Tuisano
    Key Cast
    "Bloody Mary"
    Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw
  • Jeong Ji-so
    Key Cast
    "Liat"
    Parasite
  • Stanley Tucci
    Key Cast
    "Luther Billis"
    It Could Happen to You, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Road to Perdition, The Terminal, Robots, The Devil Wears Prada, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Hunger Games film series, Jack the Giant Slayer, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, The Fifth Estate, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Beauty and the Beast, Transformers: The Last Knight, The Witches
  • Michelle Dockery
    Key Cast
    "Sister Margaretta"
    Anna Karenina, Non-Stop, Downton Abbey, The Gentlemen, Defending Jacob
  • Holliday Grainger
    Key Cast
    "Sister Bernice"
    Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, Great Expectations, Cinderella, My Cousin Rachel
  • Miranda Hart
    Key Cast
    "Sister Berthe"
    Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley, Hyperdrive, Call the Midwife, Miranda, Spy
  • Shirley Henderson
    Key Cast
    "Sister Sophia"
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Anna Karenina, Bridget Jones's Baby, Stan & Ollie, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
  • Juno Temple
    Key Cast
    "Sister Agatha"
    Atonement, The Three Musketeers, The Dark Knight Rises, Maleficent, Far from the Madding Crowd, Little Birds
  • Lucy Boynton
    Key Cast
    "Sister Catherine"
    Sing Street, Murder on the Orient Express, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Politician
  • James Newton Howard
    Composer
    The Fugitive, Space Jam, My Best Friend's Wedding, Dinosaur, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, Peter Pan, King Kong, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Hunger Games film series, Maleficent, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, News of the World, Raya and the Last Dragon, Jungle Cruise
  • Richard Rodgers
    Songs
    State Fair, Oklahoma! Carousel, The King and I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music
  • Oscar Hammerstein II
    Songs
    State Fair, Show Boat, Oklahoma! Carousel, The King and I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Musicals, Family, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Period, Epic
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 17, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria, French Polynesia, Germany, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    70mm, IMAX
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • 20th Century Studios
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights, Theatrical
  • Chernin Entertainment
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Theatrical
  • Heyday Films
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Theatrical
  • Plan B Entertainment
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Theatrical
Director - Bill Condon